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10 best erotic films from Hollywood and Bollywood

Basic Instinct (1992): An all-time favourite with film buffs. Even the sequel of this erotic thriller was not a patch on the original.

Body of Evidence (1993): Pop queen Madonna set the screen on fire with her portrayal of a femme fatale accused of murder.

Crash (1996): This is a David Cronenberg classic about a group of youngsters taking a perverse sexual delight in car crashes.

The Ice Storm (1997): The film had a stellar cast - Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes and Sigourney Weaver. The film deals with two sets of dysfunctional American couples who take part in sexual experimentations, including wife swapping, to escape boredom.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): A couple, played by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, lives their sexual fantasies after making contact with an underground sexual clique. The Stanley Kubrick film took eroticism to a new plane altogether.

Boogie Nights (1997): An ordinary man's (Mark Wahlberg) rise as a porn star in the 70s' American pornography industry.

Siddhartha (1972): Although, technically it's an American film, the Shashi Kapoor-Simi Garewal starrer created quite a stir in India because of the heroine's topless scene.

Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978): SSS stands out because of Zeenat Aman. As a village belle who had a disfigured face, Zeenat delivered a jaw-dropping performance.

Fire (1996) : Who can forget the passionate scenes between two lead characters played by Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das?

Jism (2003): Bollywood's answer to Kathleen Turner's Body Heat. Bipasha Basu's on-screen liaison with John Abraham took erotica in Bollywood films to a new high.